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Full name | Garry William Dowling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 7 November 1952||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 March 1983 Mount Tamborine, Queensland, Australia | (aged 30)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | .88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garry William Dowling (7 November 1952 – 5 March 1983) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.
He played eight seasons of club football and 113 first grade games for Canterbury-Bankstown between 1971-1978,[2] two seasons at Parramatta between 1979-1980, and one season at Western Suburbs in 1981.
A talented fullback, Dowling represented New South Wales in 1975 and 1980 and for the Australian national side in two tests against New Zealand, also in 1980 of which he was named 'Player of the Series'. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.525.[3] He played at fullback in Canterbury-Bankstown's grand final loss to Easts in 1974.[4][5]
Garry Dowling died in a car accident near Mount Tamborine on 5 March 1983.[2][6]